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Objects and instruments — box 27 of 37
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MS 1906.34
Standard Terminal Unit
The Standard Terminal Unit (STU, Terminal Unit, colloquially "Terminal Standard") is the Tower's authoritative, physical standard for the pr…
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MS 2353.01
Standard Tower Unit Stu
The Standard Tower Unit (STU) is the Tower's primary unit of linear measurement, from which all derivative units of area, volume, and certai…
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MS 0968.10
Standard Tuning Fork, Pattern Gamma
The Standard Tuning Fork, Pattern Gamma is a calibrated acoustic instrument, Catalog Number CN-447-G, designed by the Office of Acoustic Int…
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MS 5856.52
Standard Worn Seal (Artifact 89-Gamma)
The Standard Worn Seal (Artifact 89-Gamma) is the definitive physical exemplar of 'acceptable wear on pneumatic dispatch seals,' housed with…
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MS 4446.33
Standardized Silken Plumb Line
The Standardized Silken Plumb Line is a vertical measurement instrument and ritual object, defined by its construction from Eriovixia culici…
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MS 9121.16
Standardized Silken Plumb Line (Protocol 22-A)
The Standardized Silken Plumb Line (Protocol 22-A) is a calibrated verticality-assessment instrument, as well as the eponymous technical spe…
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MS 8033.29
Stanton Aural Grid
Stanton Aural Grid refers to the permanent installation of 1,244 omnidirectional contact microphones arranged in a hexagonal lattice across …
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MS 8365.45
Stasis Folio
A Stasis Folio is the official physical container and curatorial file for any subject placed under a formal Stasis order by the Office of Ac…
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MS 1018.08
Static Manifests
Static Manifests are a class of non-dynamic artifacts produced exclusively by the School of Static Ontology. They are distinguished by their…
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MS 3050.51
Stationary Object, Anomalously Mobile, Type 7-A
Stationary Object, Anomalously Mobile, Type 7-A is the provisional taxonomic designation applied to a single known holding, commonly referre…
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MS 8674.58
Stethoscope of Concordance
The Instrument shall be consulted on all matters of textual alignment, its verdicts recorded in Annex , and its silence treated as a procedu…
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MS 3740.82
Still Life with Screaming Pillar and Dust-Cloth
Still Life with Screaming Pillar and Dust-Cloth is an epistemically static composition held in the Chamber of Settled Dust on Floor Ξ-7. It …
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MS 4924.26
Stilled Silver
Stilled Silver is a polished metallic alloy, catalogued as a Class IV-B Non-Reflective Mineral (NRM), quarried exclusively from a now-inacce…
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MS 8449.52
Stones
The Stones are smooth, river-worn silicate pebbles that manifest spontaneously within the Tower, predominantly within the pockets, pouches, …
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MS 8352.23
Stylus of Finality
The Stylus is a rod of polished, non-reflective Ideational Silica, 23 centimetres in length and 1.2 centimetres in diameter. Its tip is a pe…
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MS 7677.05
Subliminal Latch
Subliminal Latch is a regulatory mechanism, standardized under Annex 7-B, designed to prevent a class of architectural malfunctions categori…
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MS 2999.99
Sump-Gargoyle
Sump-Gargoyle is the standardized designation for a class of stationary, automated collection units deployed throughout the aqueous and part…
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MS 0194.03
Survey Plates
Survey Plates are standardized archival fixtures used to denote and demarcate an area under active cartographic or ontological assessment by…
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MS 6370.59
Susurrus Marble
Susurrus Marble is a class of acoustically active carbonate stone formally designated under Seventh Concordance, Annex 12 (Material Specific…
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MS 3285.34
Sympathetic Lyre
The Sympathetic Lyre is a calibrated acoustic instrument used by the Chamber of Cartographic Calibration for the detection and quantificatio…
Arrangement within a series is by title. Box numbers describe the present arrangement and are not a permanent feature of the holding.